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After giving Renault double F1 world championship titles last year, Red Bull's owner says the team plans to stay with the engine manufacturer Renault in the future.
That future was mapped out last week when Formula One teams decided on a radical new engine formula starting in just three years time.
"We always tried to be associated with a big manufacturer. Renault will remain our first approach for a deal for 2013 and beyond," said Dietrich Mateschitz on the Autosport web site.
"Talking with Renault about 2013 and further on had progressed very well, as we expected to run the 1.6-litre four cylinder turbo," said Red Bull's motorsport advisor Helmut Marko.
Last week, F1 teams agreed on a new 1.6 litre turbocharged V6 engine for Formula One as from 2014.
"An extension of our contract was close until the new situation came up," said Marko. "Concerning the V6 turbo from 2014 we have received positive signals from Renault, but we have to discuss the details of the new situation."
Renault was the first Formula One team to regularly run a turbo-charged engine, starting from 1977, and its Renault RS01, which ran a Renault-Gordini 1.5 litre turbocharged engine, although unreliable, was a race winner
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